Is Iran war diplomacy ramping up, as Qatar, Oman, Pakistan officials visit?
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is visiting Tehran on Thursday for talks about de-escalating tensions and reviving failed negotiations between Iran and the United States. His visit comes amid a flurry of high-level delegations travelling to Tehran in recent days, with mediators rallying to persuade the warring sides back to the negotiating table despite continued hardline posturing on both sides.
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- Fact 1: He will also address the issue of the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, and “the need for it to return to the status quo before February 28”.
- Fact 2: Here’s what else we know about the renewed push for talks: This handout picture provided by Iran’s parliament speaker’s office shows Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, right, receiving Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshall Asim Munir in Tehran on August 24, 2026 [AFP]Who else is visiting Tehran?
- Fact 3: In the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Lebanon, missions will be capped at 85 percent, while posts in Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain will be limited to 75 percent.
- Fact 4: A woman buys fruits from a store in Tehran on August 24, 2026 [AFP)What have the US and Iran said about peace talks?
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is visiting Tehran on Thursday for talks about de-escalating tensions and reviving failed negotiations between Iran and the United States. His visit comes amid a flurry of high-level delegations travelling to Tehran in recent days, with mediators rallying to persuade the warring sides back to the negotiating table despite continued hardline posturing on both sides.
Qatar’s prime minister to visit Tehran, seeking to revive US-Iran talks Trump tells Al Jazeera ‘not in a hurry’ for Iran to return to talks Iran, Oman agree on temporary Hormuz route: What we know Iran emphasises self-sufficiency in battle against US economic war Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’s foreign minister, will meet with “a number of Iranian officials” in Tehran to discuss ending hostilities and to “create the conditions conducive to dialogue”, a spokesperson said. He will also address the issue of the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, and “the need for it to return to the status quo before February 28”. The narrow waterway has been mostly closed to shipping since early March, when Iran closed it, and shipping traffic, which carried more than one-fifth of global oil and gas supplies before the war, has collapsed, sending global energy markets into crisis.
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